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Ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million computers to the landfill. Why not install Linux on them? (gadgettendency.com)

With support ending for Windows 10, the most popular desktop operating system in the world currently, possibly 240 million pcs may be sent to the landfill. This is mostly due to Windows 11’s exorbitant requirements. This will most likely result in many pcs being immediately outdated, and prone to viruses. GNU/Linux may be...

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Why not install Linux on them?

Because 1) it wont cut it and 2) when Windows 10 EOLs (and trust me MS will extend the current date) those machines will be trash either way.

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But it may never see much progress on the WebUI for instance while Canonical has paying customers pushing and asking for it. They may appear inactive and it seems there aren’t many people working on the project but who knows? Maybe they’re setting up their own image server, repacking images etc.

Again, I’m all in favor of this change and I’ve a couple of systems running on both and will obviously migrate everything to Incus but I can’t ignore the fact that enterprise money pushes Canonical todevelop things.

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